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1. 0:00kimono jihen is the best shonen you've
2. 0:02never seen
3. 0:03and i say that because the recent anime
4. 0:05went completely under the radar and the
5. 0:07manga has no
6. 0:08official translation so odds are you've
7. 0:10seen like maybe a photo or two of the
8. 0:12anime
9. 0:13if that is the case then you need to
10. 0:14start this show kimono jihen is a great
11. 0:17anime filled with mystery
12. 0:18incredible fights and interesting takes
13. 0:20on the usual battle shonen type tropes
14. 0:23that's why in this video i'm going to
15. 0:25give you three reasons to watch kimono
16. 0:27jihen
17. 0:28and explain why i can't wait to start
18. 0:30the manga
19. 0:31be warned that this video contains minor
20. 0:33spoilers for the first few episodes
21. 0:36i'll be approaching this based on what
22. 0:37happens in the anime so forgive me if i
23. 0:40miss certain details from the manga
24. 0:42before i get started make sure to
25. 0:43comment with your thoughts on kaimono
26. 0:45jihen
27. 0:46i'll pick my favorite and share it as
28. 0:47comment of the week in the next video
29. 0:50this week's comment goes to azim jamal
30. 0:52for sharing their thoughts on suica
31. 0:54if you'd like more anime and manga
32. 0:56discussions like this one then make sure
33. 0:58to subscribe and follow along with each
34. 1:00week's
35. 1:00video to get started let's look at the
36. 1:03first reason to watch kimono jihen
37. 1:05the world and i know the world is a
38. 1:07pretty ambiguous way to put it but what
39. 1:09i'm thinking of goes beyond just world
40. 1:11building
41. 1:12the world of kimono jihan takes place in
42. 1:14a version of our world in japan filled
43. 1:17with supernatural creatures known as
44. 1:19kimono
45. 1:20okay so at this point you might be
46. 1:21thinking so far so good anime in japan
47. 1:24got it show called kemono jihen with
48. 1:27kemono in it got it seems simple enough
49. 1:30and while kimono jihen does come off as
50. 1:32a bit basic
51. 1:34it's very well thought out in terms of
52. 1:35the world the characters in that world
53. 1:38and how they all interact the main
54. 1:40character cabene works for a detective
55. 1:42agency in tokyo that solves mysteries
56. 1:44surrounding the kimono
57. 1:46in this world the kimono live in tokyo
58. 1:48but go out of their way to blend in with
59. 1:50humans
60. 1:51add in the fact that a lot of the kimono
61. 1:53either look like humans or can transform
62. 1:55into humans
63. 1:56and finding these kimono becomes a
64. 1:58pretty difficult task
65. 2:00in this sense it's a little more nuanced
66. 2:02than something like jiu-jitsu kaizen
67. 2:04in jiu-jitsu kaizen it's pretty easy to
68. 2:06tell the difference between the curses
69. 2:08and the humans the curses are almost
70. 2:11always bad guys and you can't even see
71. 2:13them unless you have cursed energy
72. 2:15and for the most part all the missions
73. 2:17are basically the same
74. 2:18bad guy go burr you go stop bad guy but
75. 2:21kimono jihen is different
76. 2:23first of all anyone can see kimono it
77. 2:26doesn't matter if you're a kemono
78. 2:28a hybrid someone who isn't a kimono but
79. 2:30dated one in college
80. 2:32everyone can see them ironically this
81. 2:34makes them tricky to find because they
82. 2:35go
83. 2:36out of their way not to stand out when
84. 2:38cabinet and his friends are on a mission
85. 2:40you really have no idea who's really a
86. 2:43kimono
87. 2:43unless they do something pretty obvious
88. 2:45like oh i don't know turn a bunch of
89. 2:47sex-depraved degenerates into cats
90. 2:49something like that is a
91. 2:51pretty big giveaway and this makes the
92. 2:53missions a lot more fun to watch because
93. 2:54they actually come with a genuine sense
94. 2:57of mystery
95. 2:58another way kimono jihen is different
96. 3:00from jiu jitsu kaizen
97. 3:01is that the abilities aren't based on
98. 3:03any kind of universal power system
99. 3:06in jujutsu kaizen humans and curses have
100. 3:08powers based on their use of cursed
101. 3:10energy
102. 3:11which everyone can use this makes it
103. 3:14pretty easy to place the characters into
104. 3:16power levels
105. 3:17but in kimono jihen only the k mono have
106. 3:20abilities
107. 3:20and those abilities are based on your
108. 3:22anatomy rather than a common power
109. 3:25system
110. 3:25for example shiki was born from an
111. 3:28arachne meaning he can use certain
112. 3:30spider-based abilities
113. 3:32akira who is 100 my favorite character
114. 3:35can use ice abilities since he comes
115. 3:37from a village of
116. 3:38ice users essentially a character's
117. 3:41abilities are limited to the specific
118. 3:43kinds of abilities you would expect that
119. 3:45kind of creature to have
120. 3:46and while there is a general hierarchy
121. 3:49this diverse power system makes for
122. 3:51interesting fights because you really
123. 3:52never know
124. 3:53how certain matchups might play out now
125. 3:56the more interesting hierarchy is the
126. 3:58ecosystem that kimono have set
127. 4:00up in tokyo at the very tip top you have
128. 4:02inagami
129. 4:03and anari who each control their own
130. 4:05halves of tokyo
131. 4:06inugami who works with kabane to solve
132. 4:09mysteries
133. 4:10goes out of his way to check the power
134. 4:11of inari meanwhile anari is always
135. 4:14looking to gain power but is
136. 4:15generally willing to work with inigami
137. 4:18as long as it serves her interests
138. 4:20then under those two you have people who
139. 4:22work for them like kabane akira and
140. 4:24cheeky
141. 4:24and then even more kimono who kind of
142. 4:26just do their own thing
143. 4:27as a result viewers get this intense
144. 4:29story where everyone has their own
145. 4:31competing interests
146. 4:32and the characters are constantly making
147. 4:35moves knowing full well that they can't
148. 4:36upset this balance of power unless they
149. 4:38want to start a full-out war
150. 4:40and this is why the world of kimono
151. 4:42jihen is so cool
152. 4:43the diverse abilities make for exciting
153. 4:46well-balanced fights
154. 4:47the kimono ecosystem leads each episode
155. 4:50to play out like a game of politics
156. 4:52and the setting of tokyo places viewers
157. 4:55in a mysterious world where you really
158. 4:57never know what to expect
159. 4:59now the second reason you should watch
160. 5:01kimono jihen is for the interesting
161. 5:03spins on shonen
162. 5:04and i know i know shonen is a
163. 5:06demographic not a genre
164. 5:08but there's definitely certain tropes
165. 5:10that are common among the demographic
166. 5:12especially among battle shonen for
167. 5:14example cabinet doesn't really have any
168. 5:16big dreams or goals
169. 5:18this isn't true for every shonen but
170. 5:20more often than not the main characters
171. 5:21want to be a hero
172. 5:23pirate king wizard king either that or
173. 5:25they have some big goal like killing all
174. 5:27the titans or saving the entire planet
175. 5:29from petrification
176. 5:30but kabane just wants to find his
177. 5:32parents in this sense kimono jihen is a
178. 5:35lot like bleach in mob psycho 100 the
179. 5:38story isn't so much about the main
180. 5:39character reaching a goal as it is about
181. 5:41them growing up
182. 5:42and figuring out who they really are and
183. 5:44there's plenty of other ways cabernet is
184. 5:46unique from most
185. 5:47shown in protagonists cabinet is a good
186. 5:50boy who likes to do good things for
187. 5:52people
188. 5:52but he's also someone who can be
189. 5:54absolutely ruthless in a fight
190. 5:56so he's pretty different from a lot of
191. 5:58the other nicer shona protagonists who
192. 6:00have to learn to be tough against their
193. 6:02enemies
194. 6:03plus unlike a lot of shona protagonists
195. 6:05who are just plain stupid
196. 6:07cabinet just doesn't know about the
197. 6:08world since he grew up in a small
198. 6:10village by himself
199. 6:11and never had anyone to talk to this
200. 6:13makes him hilarious to watch because he
201. 6:15either has no clue what something is
202. 6:17or he does but takes things way too
203. 6:20literally
204. 6:21for example shiki asks him early on how
205. 6:24he got to inagami's office
206. 6:26shiki of course is looking for a reason
207. 6:28but
208. 6:29kabane looks at him with a straight face
209. 6:31and says a car
210. 6:32but speaking of shiki he falls into the
211. 6:34category of characters in shonen that
212. 6:36you would generally consider the edgy or
213. 6:39rational characters uryu megami piccolo
214. 6:42and zoro are just a few examples
215. 6:45they're not rivals they're just there to
216. 6:47balance out the main character's
217. 6:48optimism
218. 6:49and this is exactly what cheeky does but
219. 6:52cheeky is still a unique character
220. 6:54because as we see in the second episode
221. 6:56this overly rational behavior is just
222. 6:58shiki's way of dealing with these
223. 7:00problems
224. 7:01so it actually ties into his character
225. 7:03and is more than just the role he serves
226. 7:05in the story
227. 7:06but you also have akira who is
228. 7:08completely different
229. 7:09akira would fall into the category of
230. 7:12the useless character
231. 7:13these are the characters like zanetsu
232. 7:15sakura and usopp
233. 7:17who aren't nearly as impressive as the
234. 7:18main character and have to force
235. 7:20themselves to not be so
236. 7:22well useless but akura stands out from
237. 7:25the typical useless character
238. 7:26because even though he's not that
239. 7:28helpful in a fight he has a certain
240. 7:30positive energy that keeps things light
241. 7:32in a world full of dark mysteries and
242. 7:34harsh realities
243. 7:35plus unlike a lot of useless characters
244. 7:38akira isn't unbearably annoying
245. 7:40most of the time he's just taking
246. 7:42selfies or eating sweets i don't know
247. 7:44about you but i
248. 7:45aspire to be as iconic as akura and
249. 7:48these are just a few examples of why
250. 7:50shonen fans like myself should love
251. 7:52kimono jihen
252. 7:53it borrows the familiar elements of all
253. 7:55the classics
254. 7:56but puts its own spin on them in a way
255. 7:59that makes it truly unique
256. 8:01but now let's discuss the third reason
257. 8:02you should watch kimono jihen
258. 8:04the themes and i'm sure i sound real
259. 8:07original by just saying
260. 8:08the themes but it's kinda hard to get
261. 8:11specific without completely ruining the
262. 8:13story so
263. 8:14just bear with me generally speaking
264. 8:16kimono jihen is a lot more mature in its
265. 8:19narrative than most shonen and can
266. 8:20actually get pretty dark
267. 8:22for example the main characters are the
268. 8:24monsters of this world
269. 8:26more often than not the main characters
270. 8:27in shonen are usually the humans who
271. 8:29need to fight the monsters
272. 8:31bleach demon slayer hunter hunter attack
273. 8:34on titan fire force
274. 8:35the list goes on but in a lot of those
275. 8:37types of stories the main character
276. 8:39also happens to be part monster the
277. 8:42difference though is that those stories
278. 8:44usually offer a message that goes
279. 8:45something like
280. 8:46just because you're part monster doesn't
281. 8:48mean you're any less human
282. 8:49but in kimono jihen being a k-mono is an
283. 8:52important part of the characters
284. 8:54i can't remember if it was on reddit but
285. 8:56someone made the perfect analogy by
286. 8:58comparing kimono jihen to the x-men
287. 9:00which makes a lot of sense if you just
288. 9:02swap k-mono for mutants
289. 9:04like mutants the k-mono usually have to
290. 9:07suppress their power
291. 9:08so they don't stand out so unlike in
292. 9:10most shonen where the human qualities
293. 9:12would be the more desirable ones
294. 9:14here they're actually a sign of the
295. 9:15characters having to hide who they
296. 9:17really are
297. 9:18this is especially emphasized by the
298. 9:20kitsune characters
299. 9:21who have a human form but reveal their
300. 9:24kitsune faces whenever they get
301. 9:25emotional
302. 9:26and the great part about it is that this
303. 9:28ties into the ecosystem we talked about
304. 9:30earlier
305. 9:31the kimono have these instincts and
306. 9:33feelings but they also have to suppress
307. 9:34them so that they can live with humans
308. 9:36and not stand out
309. 9:37this leads to an incredibly immature
310. 9:39narrative where cabinet and the young
311. 9:41characters are forced to face their
312. 9:43problems and be honest with their
313. 9:44feelings
314. 9:45rather than hide from or ignore them but
315. 9:47the flip side to this is that it also
316. 9:49leads
317. 9:50to lots of morally grey characters who
318. 9:52justify hurting and using others
319. 9:54as part of those instincts even
320. 9:56carbonate expresses that he's
321. 9:58generally okay with this often comparing
322. 10:00people to animals and saying he
323. 10:02understands that they're just doing
324. 10:03what's in their interest
325. 10:05this way kemono jihen avoids portraying
326. 10:08the character strictly as good or evil
327. 10:10instead it offers a story where much
328. 10:12like their ecosystem
329. 10:13the characters understand that there's
330. 10:15lots of different people with their own
331. 10:17values that aren't necessarily right or
332. 10:19wrong
333. 10:19and this is exactly why kemono jihen is
334. 10:22so fun to watch
335. 10:24on top of the engaging world and unique
336. 10:26spins on shonen
337. 10:27it offers a mature narrative filled with
338. 10:30characters who learn to be honest with
339. 10:31their feelings in a society
340. 10:33filled with conflicting values and
341. 10:36that's it for this discussion
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